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Record Cell Phone Calls with Drop.io Service (free)

This was a pretty cool find, that was merely an accident. I joined the Drop.io service due to trying to find a decent, free AJAX upload script, since I didn’t have the time to write something basic myself. I never actually found one, however, I decided that Drop.io was the closest thing to a solution. Basically, I needed to upload a few files, quickly, so that I could download them on a remote system (without using rsync or scp). If you have a chance to check out Drop.io, please do, then have so many services within the actual Drop.io service, one of them being a voicemail box. Continue reading Record Cell Phone Calls with Drop.io Service (free)

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VMWare: Unable to load the BIOS due to the VMWare Splash screen not showing
After upgrading my version of VMWare from VMWare 1.6 to VMWare 2.0, and then installing and updating the VMWare Infrastructure Client, I had a new issue; accessing the BIOS from the VMWare splash startup screen. Before the upgrade, VMWare would display the VMWare splash screen as it loaded the NVRAM (I believe), and had a section that said “Press F2 to enter setup”; it went by fast, but it was at least there. After fiddling around with VMWare for a few minutes, I found a way around this temporarily, and is actually a neat little feature. More...

Windows Fix: "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API"
Ugh. Another Windows error. Another Windows error that really doesn’t tell you what is really wrong; some (most) people aren’t nerds. Don’t worry, I’ve got your fix right here. This has to do with memory on your Windows XP system. Have you tried Hibernating or putting your system into standby after upgrading your RAM? If you have, keep on reading. More...

Curing 'Symbolic link not allowed' (Apache 2.0)
Awhile back when trying to add a directory to Apache on my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server, I ran into some issues. These issues, of course were the infamous 403 “Forbidden” error that your web barfs up when you try to access a server that is not publicly viewable, because of permission issues. I’m going to give you my scenario and explain how you can fix this issue, so that you don’t have to go through an hour of throwing your hands up in disgust. More...

VMWare: "Failed to create named-pipe directory" error
Have you ever received the Failed to create named-pipe directory error message via the vmware-mui error log files, and not able to access the VMWare Management Interface? If so, here’s the fix. More...

/bin/rm: Argument list too long
Removing gigs and gigs, or just alot, of unwanted “opened” email that often clutters the system. More...